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A  LIST  OF 

THE  PRINTERS'  MARKS 

IN   THE    WINDOW'S    OF    THE 

FREDERICK  FERRIS  THOMPSON 
MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 

VASSAR  COLLEGE 


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A  LIST  OF 

THE  PRINTERS'  MARKS 

IN   THE    WINDOWS    OF    THE 

FREDERICK  FERRIS  THOMPSON 
MEMORIAL  LIBRARY 

VASSAR  COLLEGE 


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1917 


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PRINTERS'  MARKS  IN  THE  WINDOWS 

OF  THE  THOMPSON  MEMORIAL 

LIBRARY  BUILDING 

(Read  from  right  to  left.) 


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END  WINDOW— NORTH  WING 

English  printers 

Wynkyn  de  Worde  1499 

(Wynkyn  de  Worde  was  Caxton's  suc- 
cessor and  adopted  his  mark  with  but 
slight  variation) 

Peter  Treveris  1514-1535 


French  printers 

3  Andre  Wechel  1535-1573 

4  Marx  Locquenoulx  1573-1583 

5  Leon  Cavellat  1578-1593 


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END  WINDOW— SOUTH  WING 

Alsace-Loraine 

1  Martinus  Flach  1522 

2  John  Albertus  1532-1536 

3  Theodosius  Riheltus  1566-1595 

Italy 

4  Johann  Besicken  1484-1506 

5  Caligula  de  Bacileriis  1503 


SIDE  WINDOWS 

(Begin  in  each  wing  with  the  first  window  at  the 
right  and  read  from  right  to  left) 


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North  Wing  1st  window  (East  side) 
GERMANY 
Fust  and  Schoeffer  1457 

(The  earliest  printer's  mark  known) 
Arnold  Ther  Hoernen  1477 
Melchior  Lotter  1491-1536 
Valentine  Schumann  1502-1534 


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3  2 

North  Wing  2nd  window  (East  side) 
Johann  Wiessenburger  1503-1513 
Erhart  Oglin  1505-1516 

ENGLAND 
William  Caxton  1489-1491 

(The  first  printer's  mark  used  in  England) 
Richard  Pynson  1493-1527 


3  2 

North  Wing  3rd  window  (East  side) 
Julian  Notary  1497 
Robert  Copland  1515 
John  Scott  1530 
Richard  Grafton  1537-1572 


North  Wing  4th  window  (opposite  3rd) 

1  Hugh  Singleton  1548-1582 

2  Andrew  Hestor  1550 

FRANCE 

3  Barthold  Rembolt  1500 

4  De  Marnef  Brothers  1481-1550 


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North  Wing  5th  window  (opposite  2nd) 
Antoine  Verard  1485-1530 
Simon  Vostre  1486-1520 
Johan  Clein  1478-1519 
Thielman  Kerver  1497-1522 


North  Wing  6th  window  (opposite  1st) 

1  Nicole  de  la  Barre  1497-1518 

2  Martin  Morin  1484-1518 

3  Mathieu  Vivien  1490 

4  Mfchel  Vensler  1493 


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West  Wing  1st  window  (North  side) 

1  Guillaume  Eustace  1493-1525 

2  Francois  Fradin  1497-1536 

3  Alexander  Matte  1499-1505 

4  Mace  Panthoul  1501-1509 


West  Wing  2nd  window  (North  side) 

1  Pierre  Jacobi  1503-1521 

2  Jannot  de  Campis  1505-1507 

3  Raulin  Gaultier  1507-1534 

4  Francois  Regnault  1512-1551 


West  Wing  3rd  window  (North  side) 

1  Pierre  Viart  1513-1525 

2  Pierre  Gandone  1514-153* 

3  Louis  Olivelli  1515 

4  Jacques  Bouchet  1522-1545 


West  Wing  4th  window  (opposite  3rd) 

1  John  Besson  1523 

2  Johan  Guyart  1528-1539 

3  John  Baril  1532 

4  Nicholas  Du  Chemin  1541-1576 


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-West  Wing  5th  window  (opposite  2nd) 
Jacques  Du  Puys  1549-1591 
Sebastien  Nivelle  1549-1583 
Pierre  Landry  1588-1625 
de  la  Marc  1596 


SWITZERLAND 

West  Wing  6th  window  (opposite  1st) 
Jacobus  de  Pfortsheim  1488-1518 
John  Belot  1495-1535 
Jacobus  Thanner  1501-1520 
Wygand  Kohn  1523-1535 


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South  Wing  1st  window  (West  side) 
John  Crespin  1550-1571 

ALSACE-LORRAINE 
Thomas  Anselm  1488-1522 
John  Gruninger  1488-1529 
Renatus  Beck  1511-1521 


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South  Wing  2nd  window  (West  side) 
Loenardus  and  Lucas  Alantseae  1514- 
Johannes  Priis  1527 

ITALY 
Sixtus  Riessinger  1481 
Lucantanio  Junta  1495-1511 


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3  2 

South  Wing  3rd  window  (West  side) 
Aldus  Manutius  1494-1515 
Hercules  Nani  1500 
Ottaviano  Scotto  1500 
Gian  Giacomo  di  Legnano  1503 


1 


4  3  2 

South  Wing  4th  window  (opposite  3rd) 

1  Antoine  de  Baldi  1524-1565 

FLANDERS 

2  Theodoric  Martens  1473 

3  Johannes  Veldener  1475-1483 

4  Gerard  Leeu  1477-1492 


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South  Wing  5th  window  (opposite  2nd) 

1  de  Liesveldt  1528-1546 

2  Albertus  Poffray  1530 

3  Henry  von  der  Keere  1549-1589 

4  Christopher  Plantin  1555-1589 

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4  3  2  1 

SPAIN 

South  Wing  6th  window  (opposite  1st) 

1  Juan  Rosembach  1493 

2  Valentin  Fernandez  1501 

SCOTLAND 

3  Walter  Chepman  1507 

4  Andro  Myllar  1507 


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BIBLIOGRAPHY 


printers;  marks 

Art  journal,  v.  39,  p.  103.     Marks  and  devices  of  the  early  prin- 
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Book-buyer,  v.  11,  p.  9.     Printers'  trade  marks. 
Home,  T.  H.     Introduction  to  the  study  of  bibliography.  1814. 
2v. 

(The  appendices  give  many  illustrations  of  devices  and 
brief  notices  of  early  printers.) 
McKerrow,   Ronald   B.     Printers'   and   publishers'   devices   in 

England  and  Scotland,  1485-1640.     1913. 
Roberts,  W.     Printers'  marks,  a  chapter  in  the  history  of  ty- 
pography.    1893. 

"Pleasantly  written  but  containing  many  errors  of  fact." 
Sonnenschein. 

HISTORY  OF  PRINTING 

Blades,  W.  Life  and  typography  of  William  Caxton.  1861-63. 
2v. 

Brown,  H.  R.  F.     Venetian  printing  press.     1891. 

Home,  T.  H.     Introduction  to  the  study  of  bibliography.     1814. 

Humphreys,  H,  N.  History  of  the  art  of  printing  from  its  in- 
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Putnam,  G.  H.  Books  and  their  makers  during  the  Middle 
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Rawlings,  G.  B.     The  story  of  books.     1901. 

Smith,  A.M.     Printing  and  writing  materials.     1901. 


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